Mona Washbourne
Born
November 27, 1903
Died
November 15, 1988 (84 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Solihull, Warwickshire, England, UK
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Mona Lee Washbourne (27 November 1903 – 15 November 1988) was an English actress of stage, film, and television. Her most critically acclaimed role was in the film Stevie (1978), late in her career, for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and a BAFTA Award.
Mona Washbourne was born in Solihull, Warwickshire and began her entertaining career training as a concert pianist.
In 1948, after several years acting professionally on stage, and numerous stage musical performances, she began appearing in films. Her film credits include the horror movie The Brides of Dracula (1960), Billy Liar (1963), and The Collector (1965). She is probably best known to American audiences for her role as housekeeper Mrs. Pearce in My Fair Lady (1964). She also appeared as the stern and caustic Mrs. Bramson in the remake of Night Must Fall (also 1964), and the matron in the film If.... (1968).
She appeared at both the Royal Court Theatre in London and on Broadway in 1970 in David Storey's Home. She was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play. In 1975 she appeared on the West End stage with James Stewart in a revival of Mary Chase's play Harvey, in the role originally taken by Josephine Hull. Washbourne won the 1981 New York Film Critics' Circle Awards for Best Supporting Actress in Stevie (1978).
In 1981 Washbourne appeared in Granada Television's TV miniseries adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's novel Brideshead Revisited as Nanny Hawkins. One of her last television appearances was in Where's the Key? (1983), a BBC play about Alzheimer's disease.
Mona Washbourne was married to actor Basil Dignam (1905-1979), whom she wed in 1940.
She died in 1988, aged 84, in London.
December Flower
Mary Grey
1984
Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story
Queen Mother
1982
Pygmalion
Mrs. Pearce
1981
Brideshead Revisited
Nanny Hawkins · (11 episodes)
1981
Therese Raquin
Madame Raquin · (3 episodes)
1980
The London Connection
Aunt Lydia
1979
Stevie
Aunt
1978
The Galton & Simpson Playhouse
(1 episode)
1977
The Blue Bird
Grandmother
1976
The Old Curiosity Shop
Mrs. Jarley
1975
Identikit
Mrs. Helen Fiedke
1974
O Lucky Man!
Neighbour / Usher / Sister Hallett
1973
I Spy a Stranger
Mrs. Hudson
1972
What Became of Jack and Jill?
Gran Alice Tallent
1972
Home
Kathleen
1972
Play for Today
(1 episode)
1970
Poor Mother
Sister
1970
Fragment of Fear
Mrs. Gray
1970
The Games
Mrs. Hayes
1970
The Bed Sitting Room
Mother
1969
if....
Matron
1968
Number Ten
Julia Pryton
1968
Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter
Mrs. Brown
1968
Two A Penny
1967
Casino Royale
Tea Lady (uncredited)
1967
The Third Day
Catherine Parsons
1965
The Collector
Aunt Annie
1965
Ferry Cross the Mersey
Aunt Lil
1965
One Way Pendulum
Aunt Mildred
1965
My Fair Lady
Mrs. Pearce
1964
Night Must Fall
Mrs. Bramson
1964
Billy Liar
Alice Fisher
1963
Operation Stogie
Lady Cormorant
1962
The Brides of Dracula
Helga Lang
1960
Count Your Blessings
Nanny
1959
A Cry from the Streets
Mrs. Daniels
1958
Son of a Stranger
1958
Stranger in Town
Agnes Smith
1957
The Good Companions
Mrs. Joe
1957
It's Great to be Young!
Miss Merrow, a School Mistress
1956
Circus Friends
Miss Linstead
1956
Loser Takes All
Nurse (uncredited)
1956
Yield to the Night
Mrs. Thomas, landlady
1956
Lost
Librarian
1956
Matinee Theater
(1 episode)
1955
Cast a Dark Shadow
Monica Bare
1955
To Dorothy, a Son
Midwife Appleby
1954
Monsieur Ripois
Landlady
1954
Betrayed
Waitress (uncredited)
1954
Adventure in the Hopfields
Mrs. McBain
1954
Doctor in the House
Midwifery Sister (uncredited)
1954
The Million Pound Note
Mum with Pram
1954
Johnny on the Run
Mrs MacGregor
1953
The Gambler and the Lady
Miss Minter
1952
Probation Officer
Mrs. Mead
1950
Dark Interval
1950
Double Confession
Fussy Mother
1950
Adam and Evelyne
Mrs. Salop, Lady Gambler (uncredited)
1949
Maytime in Mayfair
Lady Levenson
1949
Once Upon a Dream
Vicar's Wife
1949
The Winslow Boy
Miss Barnes
1948